1982 HOUSTON ASTROS

| Level: MLB

Location: Houston,TX
Team Record: 77-85 .475
Result: 5th in National League - West Division
Manager(s): Bill Virdon, Bob Lillis
General Manager: Al Rosen
Stadium: Astrodome
Attendance: 1,558,555
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Houston Astros affiliate history

Oldest Player: Joe Niekro (37)
Youngest Player: Kevin Bass (23)
Longest Tenure: Joe Niekro, Jose Cruz (8)
Top Hitter: Ray Knight (19)
Top Pitcher: Joe Niekro (7)
Top Draft Pick: Steve Swain (#15)

Roster Continuity: 84.09%

National League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
Atlanta	89	73	.549	--
LA Dodgers	88	74	.543	1.0
SF Giants	87	75	.537	2.0
San Diego	81	81	.500	8.0
Houston	77	85	.475	12.0
Cincinnati	61	101	.377	28.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
22	Ray Knight	3b-1b	19	29	1970-10-231	MLB	158	609	72	179	36	6	6	70	2	5	48	58	5	9	1	13	16	.294	.344	.402	746	245	676	465	93	5.4	.310
3	Phil Garner	2b-3b	40	33	1971-1-2	MLB	155	588	65	161	33	8	13	83	24	13	40	92	3	4	0	7	11	.274	.320	.423	743	249	638	458	85	5.0	.302
25	Jose Cruz	of-cf	78	34	UDFA: 1967	MLB	155	570	62	157	27	2	9	68	21	11	60	67	1	12	3	6	11	.275	.342	.377	719	215	640	444	81	4.9	.296
21	Terry Puhl	of	39	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	145	507	64	133	17	9	8	50	17	9	51	49	2	2	5	2	6	.262	.331	.379	710	192	567	396	73	5.0	.277
10	Dickie Thon	ss	31	24	UDFA: 1975	MLB	136	496	73	137	31	10	3	36	37	8	37	48	1	2	5	1	4	.276	.327	.397	724	197	540	377	78	5.6	.300
30	Tony Scott	of	-	30	1969-71-1017	MLB	132	460	43	110	16	3	1	29	18	4	15	56	1	4	3	4	11	.239	.262	.293	556	135	483	372	35	2.5	.268
18	Art Howe	3b-2b	60	35	UDFA: 1971	MLB	110	365	29	87	15	1	5	38	2	0	41	45	1	15	4	3	10	.238	.315	.326	641	119	414	295	40	3.6	.258
14	Alan Ashby	c	-	30	1969-3-63	MLB	100	339	40	87	14	2	12	49	2	0	27	53	1	4	2	3	7	.257	.311	.416	727	141	372	264	47	4.8	.271
24	Danny Heep	of-1b	-	24	1978-2-37	MLB	85	198	16	47	14	1	4	22	0	2	21	31	1	3	0	2	5	.237	.311	.379	690	75	222	160	25	4.2	.261
6	Luis Pujols	c	-	26	UDFA: 1973	MLB	65	176	8	35	6	2	4	15	0	3	10	40	0	2	5	0	4	.199	.242	.324	566	57	191	153	11	1.9	.235
29	Denny Walling	3b-of	-	28	1975-1-1	MLB	85	146	22	30	4	1	1	14	4	2	23	19	0	3	0	1	6	.205	.312	.267	579	39	170	125	12	2.6	.228
11	Alan Knicely	c-of	-	27	1974-3-63	MLB	59	133	10	25	2	0	2	12	0	1	14	30	1	3	1	0	4	.188	.270	.248	518	33	149	114	6	1.4	.228
12	Craig Reynolds	ss	-	29	1971-1-22	MLB	54	118	16	30	2	3	1	7	3	1	11	9	1	3	3	1	1	.254	.321	.347	668	41	134	94	16	4.5	.266
19	Bill Doran	2b	-	24	1979-6-138	MLB	26	97	11	27	3	0	0	6	5	0	4	11	0	0	0	1	0	.278	.304	.309	613	30	102	71	11	4.1	.310
36	Joe Niekro	p	-	37	1966-7-84	MLB	35	89	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	30	0	0	7	1	1	.090	.099	.112	211	10	98	90	-6	-1.8	.133
34	Nolan Ryan	p	-	35	1965-12-226	MLB	35	83	5	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	37	0	0	6	0	1	.120	.170	.120	291	10	94	80	-4	-1.5	.217
23	Kiko Garcia	ss-2b	-	28	1971-3-69	MLB	34	76	5	16	5	0	1	5	1	0	3	15	0	1	1	0	2	.211	.241	.316	556	24	80	63	5	2.2	.250
20	Don Sutton	p	-	37	UDFA: 1964	MLB	27	68	3	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	25	0	0	4	0	0	.162	.186	.162	347	11	74	61	-2	-0.7	.256
16	Harry Spilman	1b	-	27	UDFA: 1974	MLB	38	61	7	17	2	0	3	11	0	0	5	10	0	0	0	0	1	.279	.333	.459	792	28	66	45	10	5.9	.292
39	Bob Knepper	p	-	28	1972-2-43	MLB	33	52	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	0	0	6	0	0	.058	.125	.077	202	4	62	55	-4	-2.0	.111
26	Scott Loucks	of	-	25	1977-5-118	MLB	44	49	6	11	2	0	0	3	4	1	3	17	0	0	0	0	1	.224	.269	.265	535	13	52	40	2	1.5	.344
48	Vern Ruhle	p	-	31	1972-17-404	MLB	31	41	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	27	1	0	5	0	0	.098	.196	.098	293	4	51	43	-3	-2.0	.286
38	Tim Tolman	of-1b	-	26	1978-12-297	MLB	15	26	4	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	.192	.300	.385	685	10	30	22	3	4.2	.182
51	Mike LaCoss	p	-	26	1974-3-71	MLB	41	24	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	3	0	0	.250	.280	.292	572	7	28	21	2	2.1	.375
8	Kevin Bass	rf-of	-	23	1977-2-29	MLB	12	24	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	.042	.042	.042	83	1	24	24	-	-	.062
9	Joe Pittman	2b-ss	-	28	1975-5-110	MLB	15	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.300	500	3	11	9	1	1.8	.250
46	Frank DiPino	p	-	25	UDFA: 1977	MLB	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	9	-	-	.000
27,31	Frank LaCorte	p	-	30	UDFA: 1973	MLB	55	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	8	8	-	-	.000
15	Mike Ivie	1b	-	29	1970-1-1	MLB	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	762	2	7	4	1	7.4	.333
37	Larry Ray	of	-	24	1979-4-86	MLB	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.143	.167	310	1	7	6	0	-1.6	.333
45	Dave Smith	p	-	27	1976-8-169	MLB	49	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
17	Randy Moffitt	p	-	33	1970-1-18	MLB	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
31	Danny Boone	p	-	28	1976-2-32	MLB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
35	Joe Sambito	p	-	30	1973-17-404	MLB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
42	Bert Roberge	p	-	27	1976-17-385	MLB	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
52	George Cappuzzello	p	-	28	1972-27-623	MLB	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (36 players)							162	5440	569	1342	236	48	74	533	140	61	435	830	19	67	68	46	104	.247	.302	.349	651	1896	6008	4377	606	3.7	.277

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
36	Joe Niekro	7	37	1966-7-84	MLB	17	12	2.47	35	35	16	5	0	0	270.0	224	79	74	12	64	130	19	0	1.07	7.47	0.40	2.13	4.33	0.49	.253	1.21
34	Nolan Ryan	8	35	1965-12-226	MLB	16	12	3.16	35	35	10	3	0	0	250.1	196	100	88	20	109	245	18	2	1.22	7.05	0.72	3.92	8.81	0.44	.269	1.18
20	Don Sutton	10	37	UDFA: 1964	MLB	13	8	3.00	27	27	4	0	0	0	195.0	169	75	65	10	46	139	3	1	1.10	7.80	0.46	2.12	6.42	0.33	.275	0.86
39	Bob Knepper	48	28	1972-2-43	MLB	5	15	4.45	33	29	4	0	1	1	180.0	193	100	89	14	60	108	8	0	1.41	9.65	0.70	3.00	5.40	0.56	.313	1.33
48	Vern Ruhle	58	31	1972-17-404	MLB	9	13	3.93	31	21	3	2	3	1	149.0	169	81	65	12	24	56	0	1	1.30	10.21	0.72	1.45	3.38	0.43	.304	1.53
51	Mike LaCoss	-	26	1974-3-71	MLB	6	6	2.90	41	8	0	0	11	0	115.0	107	41	37	3	54	51	5	1	1.40	8.37	0.23	4.23	3.99	1.06	.280	1.73
27,31	Frank LaCorte	-	30	UDFA: 1973	MLB	1	5	4.48	55	0	0	0	29	7	76.1	71	44	38	5	46	51	4	1	1.53	8.37	0.59	5.42	6.01	0.90	.284	0.74
45	Dave Smith	67	27	1976-8-169	MLB	5	4	3.84	49	1	0	0	29	11	63.1	69	30	27	4	31	28	2	4	1.58	9.81	0.57	4.41	3.98	1.11	.310	1.34
17	Randy Moffitt	-	33	1970-1-18	MLB	2	4	3.02	30	0	0	0	19	3	41.2	36	15	14	3	13	20	0	0	1.18	7.78	0.65	2.81	4.32	0.65	.244	1.12
46	Frank DiPino	-	25	UDFA: 1977	MLB	2	2	6.04	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.1	32	20	19	1	11	25	0	0	1.52	10.16	0.32	3.49	7.94	0.44	.387	0.80
42	Bert Roberge	-	27	1976-17-385	MLB	1	2	4.21	22	0	0	0	13	3	25.2	29	12	12	0	6	18	0	1	1.36	10.17	0.00	2.10	6.31	0.33	.345	1.42
52	George Cappuzzello	-	28	1972-27-623	MLB	0	1	2.79	17	0	0	0	6	0	19.1	16	6	6	2	7	13	1	0	1.19	7.45	0.93	3.26	6.05	0.54	.259	1.33
31	Danny Boone	-	28	1976-2-32	MLB	0	1	3.55	10	0	0	0	4	1	12.2	7	6	5	1	4	4	1	0	0.87	4.97	0.71	2.84	2.84	1.00	--	1.46
35	Joe Sambito	-	30	1973-17-404	MLB	0	0	0.71	9	0	0	0	7	4	12.2	7	2	1	0	2	7	0	0	0.71	4.97	0.00	1.42	4.97	0.29	.189	1.21
47	Mark Ross	-	24	1979-7-164	MLB	0	0	1.50	4	0	0	0	2	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0.50	4.50	0.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	.176	6.00
44	Gordie Pladson	-	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	0	0	54.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.1	10	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	9.00	67.50	0.00	13.50	0.00	--	.769	1.00
Totals: (36 players)						77	85	3.42	162	162	37	10	125	31	1,447	1338	620	549	74	479	899	61	11	1.23	8.32	0.54	2.98	5.59	0.53	.287

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alan Ashby	C	95		530	55	14	5	.977	0.00
Luis Pujols	C	64		295	39	3	3	.991	0.00
Alan Knicely	C	23		112	15	3	2	.977	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ray Knight	1B	96		945	55	10	76	.990	0.00
Art Howe	1B	35		291	21	1	34	.997	0.00
Denny Walling	1B	20		129	8	1	8	.993	0.00
Danny Heep	1B	16		130	4	1	9	.993	0.00
Harry Spilman	1B	11		86	5	1	5	.989	0.00
Tim Tolman	1B	1		10	1	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Phil Garner	2B	136		273	429	14	90	.980	0.00
Bill Doran	2B	26		41	78	3	17	.975	0.00
Kiko Garcia	2B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dickie Thon	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Art Howe	3B	72		53	153	6	13	.972	0.00
Ray Knight	3B	67		57	131	7	18	.964	0.00
Phil Garner	3B	18		12	35	3	4	.940	0.00
Dickie Thon	3B	8		6	13	2	2	.905	0.00
Craig Reynolds	3B	7		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Pittman	3B	3		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kiko Garcia	3B	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alan Knicely	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dickie Thon	SS	119		177	399	15	80	.975	0.00
Craig Reynolds	SS	35		43	94	6	15	.958	0.00
Kiko Garcia	SS	21		28	60	5	13	.946	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Cruz	OF	155		340	9	13	3	.964	0.00
Terry Puhl	OF	138		257	4	3	3	.989	0.00
Tony Scott	OF	129		262	7	5	0	.982	0.00
Danny Heep	OF	39		62	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Scott Loucks	OF	37		41	3	1	1	.978	0.00
Denny Walling	OF	32		38	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alan Knicely	OF	16		16	0	1	0	.941	0.00
Kevin Bass	OF	7		11	0	1	0	.917	0.00
Tim Tolman	OF	5		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Pittman	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Larry Ray	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank LaCorte	P	55	76	2	4	2	0	.750	0.71
Dave Smith	P	49	63	3	7	2	2	.833	1.43
Mike LaCoss	P	41	115	7	16	3	3	.885	1.80
Joe Niekro	P	35	270	22	42	3	2	.955	2.13
Nolan Ryan	P	35	250	9	33	2	1	.955	1.51
Bob Knepper	P	33	180	8	32	1	3	.976	2.00
Vern Ruhle	P	31	149	9	23	2	1	.941	1.93
Randy Moffitt	P	30	41	3	2	0	0	1.000	1.09
Don Sutton	P	27	195	16	20	1	2	.973	1.66
Bert Roberge	P	22	25	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.14
George Cappuzzello	P	17	19	1	4	0	1	1.000	2.36
Danny Boone	P	10	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.21
Joe Sambito	P	9	12	0	4	1	1	.800	2.95
Frank DiPino	P	6	28	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.64
Mark Ross	P	4	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.50
Gordie Pladson	P	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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